4 thoughts on “BJJ Poll: Do You Wear Headgear When You Train BJJ?”

I agree that there should be a “sometimes” option. For a while after my first cauliflower started blooming, I wore headgear religiously. Now, I do it when we’re doing wrestling-intensive training or lots of guard passing, or when my ears start hurting again.

I used to wear it during training and in competitions but people kept pulling on it and pulling it off. So, I stopped wearing it and noticed my ears didn’t seem to get abraded as much as they did when I first started bjj.

Ditto on the “sometimes.” Started to protect a fat ear but when it went down, I discovered the little caps that girl wrestlers use to protect their hair. Wow, what a difference that made in how much hair was being torn out! So I wear my little “Amelia Earhardt” cap and endure “space monkey” jokes when it’s cooler weather– though in summer I say screw the hair loss, it’s too durn hot.